Saturday, May 10, 2008

It's Saturday, May 10, and we're just 9 days away from the release of The Ultimate ISCW Study Package!

The Ultimate CCNP Video Boot Camp will also be released next week or early the following week - watch the blog for more details on this unique combination of over 50 hours of video instruction from yours truly, online support for your studies, and a download that will have you studying immediately after your purchase.

All four CCNP exams are covered in this Video Boot Camp!

Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco practice exam questions. Microsoft Server 2008 and Vista questions start in less than 60 days!

CCENT Certification Exam:

Short answer: What layer of the OSI model is generally referred to as the "managing layer"?

Answer: That's the Session layer.

CCNA 640-802 Certification Exam:

Short answer: EIGRP is considered a hybrid protocol, since it has characteristics of link state and distance vector protocols. Give one distance vector behavior of EIGRP, along with two link state behaviors.

Answer: EIGRP does send a full routing table initially, just as the distance vector protocol RIP does. EIGRP's link state behaviors include the ability to place routers into logical groups ("autonomous systems" in EIGRP's case). Another is that upon a change in the network, EIGRP will not send a full routing update, but instead will send an update only reflecting the changes.

CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

What command will show whether a router's neighbors are or are not an ABR or ASBR?

A. show ip ospf database

B. show ip ospf neighbor

C. show ip ospf border-routers

D. show ip route ospf

Answer: C.

CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

What's the default behavior for Voice VLANs and Portfast?

A. A port configured with a voice VLAN will have Portfast autoenabled.

B. A port configured with a voice VLAN cannot run Portfast.

C. Removing a voice VLAN from a port does not disable Portfast.

D. A port configured with a voice VLAN can run Portfast only in aggressive mode.

Answer: A, C. Portfast will be autoenabled when you configure a voice VLAN on a switch port, but it's not automatically turned off if you delete the voice VLAN on that same port.

CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:

Identify the true statements.

A. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a number.

B. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with a null space.

C. Cisco router passwords can begin with any number or character.

D. Cisco router passwords can begin with a null space.

E. Theoretically, Cisco router passwords have no length limit.

F. Theoretically, Cisco router passwords have a limit of approximately 200 characters.

Answers: A, B. Cisco router passwords cannot begin with numbers or with null spaces. Those passwords have a limit of 25 characters.

CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:

Short answer: What queueing strategy uses four predefined queues, all with a preset priority level?